The virus in the first place. We remember not too long ago the when we finally made the announcement that we would be opening gyms and hair salons and nail salons. Just think about how good it felt to feel normal. To go and get your hair done or your nails done or to go and workout at the gym and enjoy your time there, but just think about how much more important it was to the people who were finally able to open their business, who were finally able to get a paycheck, who finally had some level of certainty in their lives that they would be able to take care of themselves. Now, think about whats happening now. Im sure that so many of those people are scared. Last week we told the restaurants that they would no longer be able to operate indoors. What that meant was not only layoffs, but it also meant that there was a lot of lost revenue because of the food that they no longer were able to use. When you think about some of the things and the sacrifices that people are making, thats what
Our system is ugly. As times, it has been d. B. I. Staff and management, and at other times, its been the developers, contractors, and consultants who are seeking permit approvals. In 2001, a d. B. I. Survey called for a culture of preferential treatment and called for an overhaul of the department. In 2004, Marcus Armstrong and a d. B. I. Investigator plead guilty for taking bribes. In 2010, permit expediter jimmy jen was jailed on 232 felony fraud counts brought by District Attorney and Vice President elect kamala harris. In may 2020, Rodrigo Santos, a former Building Inspections commissioner was arrested by the f. B. I. And charged with bank fraud. The City Attorney already had a pending civil complaint against santos from several years ago for endangering the city and the public by skirting requirements on several properties. A Mission Local article this september told the story of a district nine constituent whose neighbor was doing structural or demolition work that was causing s
Peskin and matt haney. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements . Clerk yes. Public comment will be available for each item on this agenda. You will see on cable channel 26 and sfgovtv. Org the Public Comment callin number is streaming across your screen, your opportunity to offer Public Comment for each item will be available by calling 4156550001 and enter meeting i. D. 1461952214. Then press pound twice. When you hear your item, press star, three to be entered into the queue. Alternatively, you may submit Public Comment in either of the following ways. My name is john carroll, and i am the clerk of the government audit and Oversight Committee at john. Carroll sfgov. Org, and your comments will be included in the file. You may also send comments to city hall, room 204, s carlton b. Goodlett place, San Francisco, california, 94102. Supervisor mar thank you, mr. Clerk. Will you please read item one. Clerk item one is a resolution receiving and approving annual report for the Japantown
Economic recovery and Foreign Policy seems to be an inside the beltway issue and its likely not to figure prominently in Voter Preferences and choices in this election, results of the election, how the world evaluates the consequences of the actions. I think its pretty clear that were at a crossroads. Trump has played the role of disrupter, fundamentally altering the policies of his four postcold war predecesso predecessors. Embarking on what could only be described as a wholesale withdrawal or threat to withdraw from so many enterprises, the tpp, the paris climate, jcpoa, unesco and who. And not that disruption by definition is all the bad. Its bad if theres nothing else it replace it. If its bad if its followed by policies that dont serve the National Interest and its bad if its done for some sake tethered to political. Biden, on the other hand offers a much different approach, or we would expect he would, the return to more traditional. Whether it proves to be restoration of traditi
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